Overview of verb reverse

The verb reverse has 5 senses

• change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")


• turn back, invert, reverse -- (turn inside out or upside down)


• overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse -- (rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill")


• revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")


• invert, reverse -- (reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb")

Overview of adj reversed

The adj reversed has 2 senses

• reversed -- (turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new")


• converse, reversed, transposed -- (turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters")